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smileyhead OP , 4 months ago to linuxmemes in mv Windows Linux

Yep. Almost all operating systems have a bufor that tell programs file was moved when it is still in the process. It makes perfect sense, it speed things up and extends the lifespan of the device.

You can flush that bufor manually with just the sync command or disable it for whole partition with -o sync option. Technically you should unmount drives before unplugging for safety anyway, but people are stupid or more important lazy and in my opinion for external devices mounting with sync really should be the default. Maybe some low-level developer would disagree.

smileyhead OP , 4 months ago to linuxmemes in mv Windows Linux

TRUE!!! Why “user friendly” distros does not mount removable drives with sync option by default is beyond me.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to linux in Thunderbird's New Rust Integration: The Future of Email Clients?

• offline access and archival
• use with multiple providers
• seamless integration with contacts and calendar of any provider
• better keyboard shortcuts
• multiple windows
• end2end encryption via PGP keys, can use same keys as the rest of the system
• more lightweight on system resources
• themes, I guess?

smileyhead , 4 months ago to selfhosted in Custom Domain Email

Purelymail, cock.li and similar are on the more edgy joking side, while Migadu is just honest and can be used in professional environment.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off.

Because every new shitty thing Microsoft does is another new argument 😊.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to selfhosted in Custom Domain Email

Migadu is so great. I really want to see more services like that, with so much focus on just being honest and good.

Our admin panel won’t win any beauty contests and that’s a good thing. It’s built to be obvious and efficient.

I’m in love.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Elizabeth Warren slammed for wanting to ‘break up Apple’s smartphone monopoly’

Google Messages is to RCS what WhatsApp is to XMPP.

And Apple is going to be no different as they deal with Google and plug into their system.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to linux in Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?

There are no IPv4 addresses left. So you eather go IPv6-only, which would make many services not work. Or wait in a long queue to repurpose address spaces marked as depracated which would soon run out too. And then you put clients behind double or triple NAT doing having shitty service.

smileyhead OP , 4 months ago to linuxmemes in mv Windows Linux

Bloat :P

smileyhead , 4 months ago to linux in Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?

About Tox, I am not a fan of mixing up universal delivering of packets and applications. Piping files or using as VPS feels like something that would be better done with proper full network and not be mixed with chat.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off.

Oh, oh, yes shut up. We already know some apps are available only for certain platforms and have different set of supported drivers.

Why have the same arguments over and over. If the only disadvantage of the clearly better thing is popularity, then don’t shut up people taking time questionably promoting it.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to linux in Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?

• IPv6, needed for modern Internet not to collapse, would make many other important things easier. Easier to become an ISP, to selfhost, to build P2P networks, etc.
• GNU Taler, a payment protocol just look at it go: 101010.pl/, or just imagine building a payment terminal of a Raspberry Pi
• Matrix, to unify chat, conference and calling apps
• some self-arranging darknet protocol becoming a norm like I2P, GNUNet or Yggdrasil, so we could have a backup when mass Internet blockage happen

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking

Am I weird? I don’t mean ads, I have no problem with them.
Just make me use an open source client.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse

8GB of RAM is perfectly usable for basic things, but on a new computer, with that price, non-upgradable… ech…

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Vodafone insists UK 5G is at risk without Three merger

Oh noooo. Not our 5G :(.